U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009

Whittington v. King County Department of Corrections

Whittington v. King County Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided January 15, 2009
308 F. App'x 218

Whittington v. King County Department of Corrections

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Edward R. Whittington appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging his conditions of confinement at King County Jail. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Our review is de novo. Hutchinson v. United States, 838 F.2d 390, 392 (9th Cir. 1988). We affirm.

Whittington failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether unsanitary conditions in the jail caused the staph infections he contracted. See Van Ort v. Estate of Stanewich, 92 F.3d 831, 837 (9th Cir. 1996) (the policy or custom must be the proximate cause of the section 1983 injury).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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